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Original Articles

Feeling close and doing well: The prevalence and motivational effects of interpersonally engaging emotions in Mexican and European American cultural contexts

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Pages 682-694 | Received 01 Jun 2011, Accepted 01 Mar 2012, Published online: 25 Jun 2012

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